Jelena Dinic
States of Poetry 2016 - South Australia | 'Back' by Jelena Dinic
Jelena Dinic
Monday, 22 February 2016
I walk through my hometown
as an uninvited guest.
Divorced
from communism
the old street has taken back
its maiden name.
I follow the steps of a lost child
watching myself
from the curtains
of memory's windows.
The doors of St Nicholas church
are rusty but open.
Inside familiar faces
and a sign
Buy candle ...
Published in
States of Poetry South Australia - Series One
States of Poetry 2016 - South Australia | About Jelena Dinic
Australian Book Review
Monday, 22 February 2016
Jelena Dinic arrived in Australia in 1993 during the collapse of Yugoslavia. She writes in Serbian and in English. In 2014 she was a resident at the Eleanor Dark Foundation, Varuna Writers' Retreat in the Blue Mounta ...
Published in
States of Poetry South Australia - Series One